Chandler's Complete Novels (1989)
[Acquired: Thursday, November 1, 2012]:Chandler, Raymond. The Big Sleep. 1939. Introduction by Frank MacShane. The Complete Novels, 1. London: The Folio Society, 1989.
Chandler, Raymond. Farewell My Lovely. 1939. The Complete Novels, 2. London: The Folio Society, 1989.
Chandler, Raymond. The High Window. 1943. The Complete Novels, 3. London: The Folio Society, 1989.
Chandler, Raymond. The Lady in the Lake. 1944. The Complete Novels, 4. London: The Folio Society, 1989.
Chandler, Raymond. The Little Sister. 1949. The Complete Novels, 5. London: The Folio Society, 1989.
Chandler, Raymond. The Long Goodbye. 1953. The Complete Novels, 6. London: The Folio Society, 1989.
Chandler, Raymond. Playback. 1958. The Complete Novels, 6. London: The Folio Society, 1989.
The Unicorn Bookshop in Warkworth has a long shelf of Folio Society editions of various classic books, and this one caught my eye when I was in there with David Howard a few weeks ago. This time I couldn't resist it. I love Chandler's stylised and mannered prose, and admire - above all - his ability to constantly reinvent himself.
There's no mention of an illustrator for the various prints and embellishments in this set, which seems a bit careless. It's certainly very styly, though. I see that there's an accompanying volume of short stories, but I already have those in other forms.
And here's a link to a fascinating list of all the Folio Society series (i.e.: sets of five books or more) to date.
- Chandler, Raymond. The Chandler Collection, Volume 1: The Big Sleep / The Lady in the Lake / The Little Sister. 1939, 1944, 1949. Picador. London: Pan Books Ltd., 1983.
- Chandler, Raymond. The Chandler Collection, Volume 2: The High Window / The Long Good-bye / Playback. 1943, 1953, 1958. Picador. London: Pan Books Ltd., 1983.
- Chandler, Raymond. The Chandler Collection, Volume 3: Pearls are a Nuisance / Smart-Aleck Kill / Killer in the Rain. 1950, 1958, 1964. Picador. London: Pan Books Ltd., 1984.
- Chandler, Raymond. Farewell, My Lovely: A Marlowe Private Eye Mystery. 1940. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1986.
- Chandler, Raymond. Trouble is My Business and Other Stories. 1950. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976.
- Chandler, Raymond. The Smell of Fear. 1950. London: Book Club Associates / Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 1983.
- Chandler, Raymond. Collected Stories. Introduction by John Bayley. Everyman's Library, 257. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.
- Chandler, Raymond, & Robert B. Parker. Poodle Springs. 1959 & 1989. A Macdonald Book. London: Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1990.
- Chandler, Raymond. The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler & English Summer: A Gothic Romance. Illustrated by Edward Gorey. Ed. Frank MacShane. 1976. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1977.
- Gardiner, Dorothy, & Kathrine Sorley Walker, ed. Raymond Chandler Speaking. 1962. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977.
- MacShane, Frank, ed. Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler. 1981. Papermac. London: Macmillan Publishers Limited, 1983.
- Hiney, Tom & Frank MacShane, ed. The Raymond Chandler Papers: Selected Letters and Non-Fiction, 1909-1959. 2000. London: Penguin, 2001.
- Gross, Miriam, ed. The World of Raymond Chandler. Introduction by Patricia Highsmith. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1977.
- MacShane, Frank. The Life of Raymond Chandler. 1976. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1979.
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